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러시아의 核搭載用(핵탑재용) 爆擊機(폭격기) 또 墜落(추락)



核部隊(핵부대) 疲弊(피폐)가 深刻化(심각화)인가



讀賣新聞(요미우리신문) 2004年7月9日 23:28



[모스크바=古本朗] 러시아 北西部(북서부) 노브고로트州(주)[Novgorod]에서 7月8日 深夜(심야)[日本時間(일본시간) 7月9日 이른 아침], 核武器搭載可能(핵무기탑재가능)한 中距離爆擊機(중거리폭격기) TU-22M3가 夜間飛行訓鍊中(야간비행훈련중)에 墜落(추락)해, 搭乘員(탑승원) 4명이 死亡(사망)했다.



러시아軍에서는 2003年9月, 戰略爆擊機(전략폭격기) TU-160이 空中火災(공중화재)를 일으켜 墜落, 2004年2月에는 푸틴(Vladimir V. Putin) 大統領(대통령)이 지켜보는 가운데, 戰略原子力潛水艦(전략원자력잠수함)이 2번에 걸쳐 미사일 發射演習(발사연습)에 失敗(실패)하는 醜態(추태)를 演出(연출)했었다. 이번 爆擊機事故(폭격기사고)는, 러시아 核部隊(핵부대)의 深刻(심각)한 疲弊(피폐) 모습을 印象(인상)시킨다.



西方側(서방측)에는, 「백파이어(backfire)」로서 알려진 TU-22M3는, 威力(위력) 350kt(kiloton)의 核彈頭(핵탄두)를 가진 空對地(공대지) 미사일 AS16[射程(사정) 150km]를 搭載可能(탑재가능)해, 冷戰時代(냉전시대)에는 日本 등에서「소련 核威脅(핵위협)의 象徵(상징)」이었던 爆擊機(폭격기).



인테르팍스通信(통신)[Interfax]에 의하면, 同機(동기)는 基地(기지)로의 着陸態勢(착륙태세)에 들어갔을 때 地面(지면)에 激突(격돌)해 불길에 휩싸였다. 事故當時(사고당시), 武器(무기)는 싣고 있지 않았다. 國防省(국방성)이 調査中(조사중)이지만, 「機械故障(기계고장)」 또는 「人的(인적) 미스(miss)」가 主(주)된 事故原因(사고원인)으로서 浮上(부상)하고 있다고 한다.



http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/world/news/20040709i514.htm







[AP]



Jul 9, 11:01 AM EDT



Four Killed After Russian Bomber Crashes



MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian air force bomber on a routine

training flight crashed in northwestern Russia, killing all

four crew members, the Defense Ministry said Friday.



The TU-22M3 long-range bomber was approaching the Saltsy air

field in the Novgorod region, south of St. Petersburg, at

around 11:40 p.m. Thursday when flight controllers lost

contact with it, the ministry's press service said.



Emergency workers found the wreckage about six miles from

the airfield and recovered the bodies just after midnight.

Officials found flight data recorders Friday morning and

defense officials ordered all such bombers grounded pending

an investigation.



The bomber, which was carrying no weapons, was on a training

flight and was about four miles from the air field when it

turned, then nose-dived into the ground, said long-range

aviation commander Lt. Gen. Igor Khvorov, according the

Interfax news agency.



"Something went wrong. It tilted to the left side, increased

its vertical speed and crashed," he was quoted as saying.



The crew had been ordered to bail out of the aircraft but

did not, he said.



"They struggled to save the airplane until the last moment,"

Khvorov said. "We presume they were no longer able to use

their ejection seats because the situation was critical."



In September, a TU-160 strategic bomber crashed while

performing a test flight southeast of Moscow, killing all

four crew members. Defense officials blamed technical

malfunctions.



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